The Boston Directory: containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and dwelling-houses. With lists of the streets, lanes, and wharves; the town officers, public offices, & banks. With other useful information.
by [Boston Directory]
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Pamphlet, 12mo, original marbled stiff wrappers, 168 pp. Lacking map, bookplate on front pastedown, wear, soiling and fading to binding with edge wear and some splitting at spine, tear on one leaf, foxing and toning; good overall. Scarce Boston directory published in 1809 does not appear in auction records. With period bookplate of E Loring Richards. Includes a listing of streets and wharves. Lists some important people from the period including John Quincy Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock.
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- Bookseller
- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106397
- Title
- The Boston Directory: containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and dwelling-houses. With lists of the streets, lanes, and wharves; the town officers, public offices, & banks. With other useful information.
- Author
- [Boston Directory]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edward Cotton,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1809.
- Keywords
- Directory. Boston Directory.
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About the Seller
Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints
Biblio member since 2011
Florham Park, New Jersey
About Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...